New York Trade Schools Comparison
In New York, 98 trade schools are active. For trade school statistics, we only include less than 2 years colleges (both for-profit and not-for-profit schools) offering 1 year and/or 1-2 years certificate programs.
- The 2024 average tuition & fees of trade schools in New York is $14,010. The amount is the average over all vocational programs and it may vary by area of study and program length.
- Total 13,236 students have enrolled in trade schools in New York.
- The average students to faculty ratio of New York trade schools is 13.86 to 1.
- The average financial aid amount received at trade schools in New York is $5,474.
- The average graduation rate is 72.7% in New York trade schools.
Data Source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
116 Trade Schools in New York
| College Name | Tuition & Fees | Student Population | Online Student Population | Graduation Rate | Number of Programs Offered | Financial Aid Amount | Students to Faculty Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen School-Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY | $17,056 | 148 | - | 85% | 1 | $5,133 | 19 to 1 |
| Apex Technical School Long Island City, NY | $18,400 | 1,072 | - | 67% | 6 | $5,274 | 18 to 1 |
| Austin's School of Spa Technology Albany, NY | - | 101 | - | - | - | - | 16 to 1 |
| Berk Trade and Business School Long Island City, NY | $12,225 | 122 | - | 90% | 2 | $6,778 | 14 to 1 |
| Brittany Beauty Academy Brooklyn, NY | $9,510 | 137 | - | 75% | 4 | $4,329 | 10 to 1 |
| Brittany Beauty Academy Levittown, NY | $16,800 | 149 | - | 83% | 5 | $5,130 | 14 to 1 |
| American Beauty School Bronx, NY | $11,210 | 139 | - | - | 2 | $6,441 | 16 to 1 |
| Capri Cosmetology Learning Centers Nanuet, NY | $15,100 | 331 | - | 73% | 4 | $4,556 | 12 to 1 |
| Cheryl Fells School of Business Niagara Falls, NY | $7,600 | 17 | - | - | - | - | 9 to 1 |
| Christine Valmy International School for Esthetics, Skin Care & Makeup New York, NY | $9,100 | 745 | - | 89% | 4 | $3,477 | 30 to 1 |
| Empire Beauty School-Queens Astoria, NY | $13,250 | 131 | - | 49% | 1 | $4,836 | 18 to 1 |
| Continental School of Beauty Culture-Rochester Rochester, NY | $9,000 | 199 | - | 72% | 3 | $4,592 | 20 to 1 |
| Gemological Institute of America-New York New York, NY | $23,290 | 149 | - | 79% | 2 | $5,114 | 9 to 1 |
| Institute of Audio Research New York, NY | $16,530 | 295 | - | - | - | - | 16 to 1 |
| Isabella Graham Hart School of Practical Nursing Rochester, NY | $24,559 | 172 | - | 70% | 1 | $6,150 | 9 to 1 |
| Long Island Beauty School-Hempstead Hempstead, NY | $14,100 | 165 | - | 50% | 2 | $4,930 | 16 to 1 |
| Marion S Whelan School of Nursing of Geneva General Hospital Geneva, NY | $11,560 | 9 | - | - | 1 | $2,368 | 2 to 1 |
| Southern Westchester BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Harrison, NY | $17,500 | 23 | - | 55% | 1 | $1,597 | 30 to 1 |
| Midway Paris Beauty School Ridgewood, NY | $12,700 | 92 | - | 17% | 1 | $4,989 | 16 to 1 |
| Modern Welding School Schenectady, NY | $18,100 | 66 | - | 96% | 2 | $8,658 | 14 to 1 |
| The New School Center for Media New York, NY | $5,000 | 14 | - | 84% | 3 | $3,533 | 10 to 1 |
| Empire Beauty School-Peekskill Peekskill, NY | $13,750 | 40 | - | 72% | 1 | $4,378 | 11 to 1 |
| Otsego Area BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Oneonta, NY | $13,675 | 17 | - | 74% | 1 | $10,448 | 8 to 1 |
| Continental School of Beauty Culture-West Seneca West Seneca, NY | $9,000 | 73 | - | 78% | 2 | $4,806 | 20 to 1 |
| Empire Beauty School-Manhattan New York, NY | $14,250 | 317 | - | 41% | 1 | $4,829 | 22 to 1 |
| Branford Hall Career Institute-Bohemia Campus Bohemia, NY | $18,560 | 107 | - | - | - | - | 11 to 1 |
| Westchester School of Beauty Culture Mount Vernon, NY | $14,092 | 66 | - | 67% | 1 | $4,676 | 21 to 1 |
| Center for Instruction, Technology & Innovation Mexico, NY | $13,810 | 23 | - | 59% | 3 | $8,498 | 6 to 1 |
| Beauty School of Middletown Middletown, NY | $13,100 | 17 | - | - | - | - | 7 to 1 |
| Madison Oneida BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Verona, NY | $16,115 | 72 | - | 92% | 1 | $7,107 | 15 to 1 |
| Long Island Beauty School-Hauppauge Hauppauge, NY | $14,100 | 185 | - | 90% | 2 | $5,341 | 16 to 1 |
| Erie 2 Chautauqua Cattaraugus BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Angola, NY | $12,000 | 43 | - | 62% | 1 | $10,282 | 10 to 1 |
| Empire Beauty School-Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY | $12,750 | 148 | - | 38% | 1 | $4,917 | 19 to 1 |
| Schuyler Steuben Chemung Tioga Allegany BOCES Elmira, NY | $13,095 | 140 | - | 84% | 4 | $5,113 | 10 to 1 |
| Orlo School of Hair Design and Cosmetology Albany, NY | $15,600 | 59 | - | 80% | 1 | $3,632 | 10 to 1 |
| Shear Ego International School of Hair Design Rochester, NY | $16,316 | 150 | - | 77% | 5 | $3,844 | 19 to 1 |
| Allen School-Jamaica Jamaica, NY | $17,056 | 86 | - | 86% | 1 | $5,210 | 17 to 1 |
| Clinton Essex Warren Washington BOCES Plattsburgh, NY | $13,725 | 39 | - | 70% | 18 | $7,413 | 1 to 1 |
| Jefferson Lewis BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Watertown, NY | $18,571 | 20 | - | 40% | 1 | $7,279 | 5 to 1 |
| Veeb Nassau County School of Practical Nursing Hicksville, NY | $20,230 | 201 | - | 93% | 1 | $9,630 | 12 to 1 |
| Cattaraugus Allegany BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Olean, NY | $13,000 | 29 | - | - | 1 | $3,802 | 6 to 1 |
| Orange Ulster BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Newburgh, NY | $15,597 | 46 | - | 100% | 1 | $6,865 | 11 to 1 |
| Wayne Finger Lakes BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Newark, NY | $18,500 | 83 | - | 60% | 1 | $5,725 | 21 to 1 |
| Broome Delaware Tioga BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Endicott, NY | $14,579 | 67 | - | 83% | 1 | $3,260 | 12 to 1 |
| Washington Saratoga Warren Hamilton Essex BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Hudson Falls, NY | $18,550 | 42 | - | 71% | 1 | $9,314 | 14 to 1 |
| Albany BOCES-Adult Practical Nursing Program Albany, NY | $23,500 | 170 | - | 78% | 1 | $10,619 | 30 to 1 |
| Ulster BOCES-School of Practical Nursing Port Ewen, NY | $13,600 | 22 | - | 100% | 1 | $7,194 | 11 to 1 |
| Eastern Suffolk BOCES Sayville, NY | $20,902 | 257 | - | 66% | 1 | $3,833 | 19 to 1 |
| Rockland County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program West Nyack, NY | $18,798 | 50 | - | 100% | 1 | $3,275 | 15 to 1 |
| Charles Stuart School of Diamond Setting Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 54 | - | - | 2 | $7,435 | 21 to 1 |
| Adirondack Beauty School Glens Falls, NY | - | 17 | - | - | - | - | 8 to 1 |
| Lia Schorr Institute of Cosmetic Skin Care Training New York, NY | $9,100 | 74 | - | 8% | 1 | $3,973 | 15 to 1 |
| Studio Jewelers New York, NY | $12,000 | 36 | - | 64% | 1 | $4,373 | 10 to 1 |
| Cayuga Onondaga BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Auburn, NY | $13,335 | 29 | - | 50% | 1 | $7,278 | 9 to 1 |
| New York Institute of Massage Inc Williamsville, NY | $19,600 | 23 | - | 100% | 1 | $3,329 | 12 to 1 |
| Dutchess BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Poughkeepsie, NY | $14,250 | 95 | - | 25% | 1 | $2,865 | 10 to 1 |
| Genesee Valley BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Batavia, NY | $15,693 | 94 | - | 80% | 1 | $11,175 | 24 to 1 |
| Hamilton Fulton Montgomery BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Johnstown, NY | - | 25 | - | - | - | - | 4 to 1 |
| Herkimer County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Herkimer, NY | $17,115 | 33 | - | - | 1 | $5,944 | 5 to 1 |
| Putnam Westchester BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Yorktown Heights, NY | $13,000 | 22 | - | - | - | - | 8 to 1 |
| Ridley-Lowell Business & Technical Institute-Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie, NY | $15,500 | 242 | - | - | - | - | 10 to 1 |
| Erie 1 BOCES West Seneca, NY | $13,500 | 436 | - | 83% | 10 | $3,889 | 20 to 1 |
| Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES Liverpool, NY | $14,824 | 384 | - | 83% | 10 | $7,772 | 19 to 1 |
| Metropolitan Learning Institute Rego Park, NY | $18,000 | 294 | 265 | 71% | 3 | $7,933 | 10 to 1 |
| Orleans Niagara BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Lockport, NY | $13,255 | 12 | - | 100% | 1 | $7,453 | 9 to 1 |
| Leon Studio One School of Beauty Knowledge Williamsville, NY | $16,150 | 18 | - | 80% | 1 | $9,364 | 6 to 1 |
| Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-New York New York, NY | $19,000 | 126 | - | 45% | 2 | $4,722 | 20 to 1 |
| Branford Hall Career Institute-Albany Campus Albany, NY | $14,766 | 29 | - | - | - | - | 14 to 1 |
| Brittany Beauty Academy Bronx, NY | $9,510 | 139 | - | 40% | 4 | $4,463 | 12 to 1 |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Whitestone Whitestone, NY | $36,149 | 697 | - | 47% | 2 | $4,342 | 21 to 1 |
| Center for Natural Wellness School of Massage Therapy Albany, NY | $17,500 | 38 | - | - | - | - | 4 to 1 |
| New Age Training New York, NY | $15,780 | 216 | - | 72% | 3 | $5,186 | 20 to 1 |
| Monroe 2 Orleans BOCES-Center for Workforce Development Spencerport, NY | $10,500 | 41 | - | 78% | 1 | $6,130 | 16 to 1 |
| Career School of NY Staten Island, NY | $5,470 | 53 | - | 75% | 5 | $5,991 | 8 to 1 |
| EDP School Brooklyn, NY | $7,500 | 118 | - | 98% | 3 | $4,333 | 19 to 1 |
| Institute of Culinary Education New York, NY | $40,088 | 676 | 5 | 25% | 4 | $2,820 | 7 to 1 |
| The Salon Professional Academy-Tonawanda Tonawanda, NY | $10,639 | 131 | - | 84% | 5 | $3,691 | 7 to 1 |
| Onondaga School of Therapeutic Massage-Syracuse Syracuse, NY | $15,575 | 44 | - | - | 1 | $4,646 | 5 to 1 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-NYC Staten Island, NY | $14,600 | 73 | - | 71% | 2 | $5,083 | 12 to 1 |
| SAE Institute of Technology-New York New York, NY | $23,339 | 337 | - | 54% | 1 | $4,859 | 13 to 1 |
| Brittany Beauty Academy New York, NY | $14,500 | 159 | - | - | - | - | 12 to 1 |
| Onondaga School of Therapeutic Massage-Rochester Rochester, NY | $15,575 | 43 | - | - | 1 | $7,040 | 4 to 1 |
| The Collective School Of Music New York, NY | $30,300 | 32 | - | - | - | - | 5 to 1 |
| Manhattan Institute New York, NY | $11,224 | 524 | - | - | - | - | 22 to 1 |
| Atelier Esthetique Institute of Esthetics New York, NY | $10,330 | 241 | - | 54% | 2 | $3,059 | 17 to 1 |
| Long Island Nail Skin & Hair Institute Bethpage, NY | $10,995 | 175 | - | 90% | 3 | $3,587 | 8 to 1 |
| Continental School of Beauty Culture-Mattydale Mattydale, NY | $9,000 | 166 | - | 69% | 2 | $4,786 | 20 to 1 |
| New York School of Esthetics & Day Spa white plains, NY | $9,475 | 149 | - | 85% | 1 | $3,740 | 12 to 1 |
| Barber & Beauty Institute of New York Hempstead, NY | $7,500 | 28 | - | 91% | 1 | $3,176 | 2 to 1 |
| Aesthetic Science Institute Latham, NY | $9,500 | 138 | - | 91% | 4 | $2,926 | 16 to 1 |
| Leon Studio One School of Hair Design & Career Training Center North Tonawanda, NY | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| American Academy of Personal Training New York, NY | $5,725 | 64 | - | - | - | - | 20 to 1 |
| New York Institute of Beauty Islandia, NY | $15,741 | 248 | - | 67% | 2 | $4,003 | 16 to 1 |
| Sharp Edgez Barber Institute Rochester, NY | $9,900 | 78 | - | 82% | 1 | $3,722 | 10 to 1 |
| Empire Beauty School-Rochester Rochester, NY | $12,750 | 73 | - | 67% | 1 | $5,407 | 12 to 1 |
| Arrojo Cosmetology School New York, NY | $17,000 | 144 | - | 97% | 3 | $6,495 | 10 to 1 |
| Electrical and HVAC/R Training Center Copiague, NY | $11,230 | 232 | - | 90% | 2 | $4,855 | 20 to 1 |
| Access Careers Hempstead, NY | $1,500 | 266 | - | 94% | 6 | $4,512 | 20 to 1 |
| Grace International Beauty School Flushing, NY | $7,800 | 26 | - | 86% | 3 | $6,345 | 10 to 1 |
| Alliance Computing Solutions Flushing, NY | $11,100 | 7 | - | 94% | 2 | $6,317 | 7 to 1 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Schenectady Schenectady, NY | $18,800 | 100 | - | 72% | 3 | $4,466 | 9 to 1 |
| Branford Hall Career Institute-Amityville Amityville, NY | $14,666 | 129 | - | - | - | - | 35 to 1 |
| Empire Beauty School-Buffalo Cheektowaga, NY | $12,750 | 102 | - | 50% | 1 | $5,001 | 18 to 1 |
| Westchester School for Medical & Dental Assistants Ardsley, NY | $12,100 | 95 | - | 88% | 2 | $4,229 | 24 to 1 |
| Culinary Tech Center White Plains, NY | $14,050 | 33 | - | 14% | 2 | $7,711 | 30 to 1 |
| Eastern Suffolk BOCES Riverhead, NY | $11,240 | 11 | - | 63% | 1 | $7,035 | 7 to 1 |
| Eastern Suffolk BOCES Oakdale, NY | $11,240 | 31 | - | 82% | 1 | $5,604 | 19 to 1 |
| Focus Personal Training Institute New York, NY | $14,855 | 69 | 4 | 92% | 2 | $3,568 | 13 to 1 |
| Berkowits School of Electrolysis Forest Hills, NY | $6,250 | 110 | - | 90% | 3 | $4,600 | 15 to 1 |
| Delaware Chenango Madison Otsego BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Norwich, NY | $12,500 | 11 | - | 70% | 1 | $5,856 | 6 to 1 |
| Transitions Career Institute School of Nursing Flushing, NY | $24,500 | 144 | - | 77% | 1 | $4,407 | 18 to 1 |
| Anousheh School of Hair Binghamton, NY | $16,000 | 21 | - | 75% | 2 | $8,060 | 8 to 1 |
| Access Careers-Islandia Islandia, NY | $1,500 | 138 | - | 85% | 4 | $5,477 | 13 to 1 |
| Professional Culinary Academy Buffalo, NY | $10,100 | 12 | - | 20% | 1 | $5,311 | 6 to 1 |
| Royal Learning Institute New York, NY | $6,500 | 32 | - | 80% | 1 | $4,187 | 15 to 1 |
| Royal Learning Institute Jackson Heights, NY | $6,500 | 27 | - | 67% | 1 | $10,940 | 15 to 1 |
| Average | $14,010 | 13,236 | 274 | 73% | - | $5,474 | 14 to 1 |